What to expect when you (re mare) are (is) expecting… a foal! In the early hours of the 3rd of January 2026, on my parent’s small farm we welcomed our first ever flat bred thoroughbred foal,...
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What are Sarcoids?
There are 6 types of Sarcoids: The importance of appropriate treatment choice: Appropriate treatment avoids reoccurrence. Our advise is please do not ignore them as it gets a lot more expensive to...
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An update on stomach ulcers
This is a short, straight to the point summary of what’s new and agreed on stomach ulcers. Let’s just start by thinking that a horse’s stomach is a bucket: this is half full of gastric acid,...
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Understanding Bloodwork
Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) – This is the average volume of each red blood cell sampled. Differences in the average red blood cell volume explain why the PCV and RBC count do not always match....
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